With classical approaches, survival refers to the life of a person after diagnosis of disease, and survivalstudies deal with measurement of the same to evaluate overall performance of a group of patients in terms ofquality ...

Background: The Cox Proportional Hazard model is the most popular technique to analysis the effects ofcovariates on survival time but under certain circumstances parametric models may offer advantages overCox’s ...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) accounts for about 30-40% of all cancer types in Indiaand the subcontinent in general. HNSCCs are primarily not hereditary, but rather a disease of older and middleaged adults. ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, with a high incidence rates in Turkey. However,the early detection and diagnosis rates are considerably lower among Turkish men as compared with theircounterparts ...

Introduction: Mastectomy is an essential but disfiguring operation in cancer treatment. The negative impacton body image can however be prevented by immediate reconstruction. Aim: The aim of this study was ...

There is little information about Korean children’s secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home. This paperexamines the extent and determinants of their SHS exposure at home. A population-based random digit dialtelephone survey ...

This study was undertaken to evaluate the underlying histopathology of HIV-infected women who hadabnormal cervical cytology. HIV-infected women with abnormal cervical cytology undergoing colposcopy atChiang Mai University ...

Tiredness may be caused by the brain injury due to the tumor or the treatment in patients with glioblastomamultiforme (GBM). Some patients describe a sense of tiredness particularly after radiation or oral chemotherapy.To ...

Aims: This study was planned to determine whether there were changes in breast cancer women’s functionalstatus and presence of physical and psychological symptoms before and after chemotherapy. Methods: Theresearch ...

Background: A quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV 6/11/16/18) vaccine has recently received regulatoryapproval in Taiwan for the prevention of cervical carcinoma, high-grade cervical dysplasia (cervical ...

Objectives: Children are at greater risk than adults to the effects of inhaling environmental tobacco smoke(ETS) especially in their homes. The aim of this study was to assess parents’ knowledge regarding the ...

Application of health informatics, especially for screening process of colorectal cancer, is a most effectiveand cost efficient method for monitoring, management and prevention of disease. Information systems havecapability ...

In addition to sponsoring yearly international cancer research conferences in Sapporo, Japan, the Sapporo CancerSeminar Foundation has long been involved in projects in Sri Lanka to improve the health of its people. Together ...

Objective: To determine the trend of cancer cases in one major hospital in Kelantan over a 20 year periodfrom 1987 to 2007 and to speculate the change in trend due to the socio-economic and other health status ...

Background: Ethnicity is associated with genetic, environmental, lifestyle and social constructs. Difficult todefine using a single variable, but strongly predictive of health outcomes and useful for planning ...

Background: Quality of life study has an important role in health care especially in chronic diseases, inclinical judgment and in medical resources supplying. Statistical tools like linear regression are widely used ...

A CYP1A1 polymorphism has been associated with an increased risk for gallbladder cancer (GBC) in Japanesewomen. However, genetic risk factors for GBC in Hungary, where the population has a relatively high GBCincidence, has ...

Introduction: CA15-3 is a well-known tumour marker for breast cancer. Currently it is not recommendedfor screening or diagnosis of breast cancer and its main application is in monitoring response to treatment ...

South Australian registry data were used to investigate trends in laryngeal cancer age-standardised incidence,mortality and disease-specific survival from 1977 to 2005. Incidence rates decreased by 32% from 1980-84 to2000-05, ...

Aim: To clarify sex and seasonal variations of plasma antioxidant concentrations among middle-aged Japanese.Subjects and Methods: We investigated sex and seasonal variations of plasma antioxidant concentratio ...